Triggering a Crusade

Listen to the Trumpet Daily radio program that aired on April 12, 2017.

On Sunday, the Islamic State came within a whisker of blowing up the pope—not the more famous one, but Pope Tawadros II, leader of the Coptic Christians. The Islamic State is launching the most provocative attacks that it can in order to trigger a holy war. That means Christians in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond are under attack. Trumpet contributing editor Richard Palmer reviews radical Islam’s efforts to trigger a crusade—and examines why the Catholic Church will benefit from such a fight.